Evaluation Methods of Road Safety Concepts: The Example of the Sustainably-Safe 60 Km/H-Zones.

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Jaarsma, C.F. Beunen, R. & Hauptmeijer, W.M.
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Abstract

The implementation of the Sustainable Safety Programme includes a (hierarchical) categorisation of roads. In rural areas one of these categories consists of the minor rural roads, with mixed traffic and level crossings. Within the Sustainable Safety Programme speeds at these minor rural roads will be reduced from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. Many roads have to be adjusted to support safety and speed control. Measures for instance include construction of small roundabouts and traffic humps. justed in rural areas there is little knowledge about the effects. This knowledge however, is necessary to determine the effectiveness and the need for additional measures. Besides it can support an efficient implementation of measures in other areas. hod to determine the contribution of measures to road safety at minor rural roads and to evaluate their cost-effectiveness. This method considers number and seriousness of road accidents, traffic volumes, speeds, costs and both users' and authorities' experiences. The method is modular-based and can be used by road administrators themselves. For the covering abstract see ITRD E135448.

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C 42826 (In: C 42760 CD-ROM) /80 /82 /85 / ITRD E135552
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In: CD-DURBAN : proceedings of the XXIIth World Road Congress of the World Road Association PIARC, Durban, South Africa, 19 to 25 October 2003, Individual Papers Strategic Theme 3. 2004. 5p (5 Refs.)

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